取り戻せるものと取り戻せぬもの

"She wanted to leave, she wanted to lie alone, facedown on her bed and savor the vile piquancy of the moment, and go back down the lines of branching consequences to the point before the destruction began. She needed to contemplate with eyes closed the full richness of what she had lost, what she had given away, and to anticipate the new regime." (Ian McEwan, Atonement.)
　ここは悲劇の単なるプロローグの部分にしか過ぎない。しかしこの主題は後に全体を貫く主旋律となる。